Cervical Cancer Staging. Cancer staging can be divided into a clinical stage and a pathologic stage. Since 1980 the incidence of cervical cancer has fallen by 45 and the mortality death rate for cervical cancer has declined by 49.
The cervix is the lower narrow end of the uterus the hollow pear shaped organ where a fetus grows. Doctors assign the stage of the cancer by evaluating the tumor and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. The 5 year relative survival for localized cervical cancer is 91 8.
Cancer staging generally runs from stage 0 which is pre cancerous or non invasive to stage iv in which the cancer has spread throughout a significant part of the body.
Doctors assign the stage of the cancer by evaluating the tumor and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Surgical staging also has a cancer specific survival benefit according to a study published in the international journal of gynecological cancers. Doctors assign the stage of the cancer by evaluating the tumor and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. The seer database tracks 5 year relative survival rates for cervical cancer in the united states based on how far the cancer has spread.
